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I keep a similar crease in this 100. I like the look with the brim quite flat and not snapped.
Very nice, Sort of Harry Trumanesque.
I keep a similar crease in this 100. I like the look with the brim quite flat and not snapped.
I keep a similar crease in this 100. I like the look with the brim quite flat and not snapped.
I went out to a rural library today to do some public astronomy. I wore a Borsalino Alessandria.
Dobbs
Cool look Alan, the vintage Alessandrias are great arent they!
I have a new one from Bencraft and its great.Thanks Rusty... this is a 1970's hat but still very nice. Someday I'd like to find an earlier one.
The newer thin ribbon Alessandria is a very nice hat. It does have a high crown but not as full as the older ones. [IMO] I do like the brim length {2 1\2}.I keep thinking about the new Alexandria's but between the price and how some people rag on new Borsalino's I just don't know.....
I keep thinking about the new Alexandria's but between the price and how some people rag on new Borsalino's I just don't know.....
I'm squeezing in the last few opportunities to wear my straws before it's too cold. I favor my Milans and wore two of them, two days in a row.
I have a new one from Bencraft and its great.
But it still does not have the fullness of the older ones.
From the photo I would say your hat does.
I haven't handled one, but this does hat does retain the proportions of a fifties dress western, with greater softness and flexibility. It's one of my steady freddies... a hat I often turn to for travel or if the weather forecast is iffy. These characteristics can still be found in the felt of new Borsalinos. Where I've found them lacking to my taste is in the sweatband and construction details.
The newer thin ribbon Alessandria is a very nice hat. It does have a high crown but not as full as the older ones. [IMO] I do like the brim length {2 1\2}.
Yes, price wise its something to think on. But it is a fine hat overall. Thin, soft and easy to crease or recrease.
The newer thin ribbon Alessandria is a very nice hat. It does have a high crown but not as full as the older ones. [IMO] I do like the brim length {2 1\2}.
Yes, price wise its something to think on. But it is a fine hat overall. Thin, soft and easy to crease or recrease.
Rusty- is that your Alessandria in your avatar? It looks terrific too-
Thx guys-